Keira Knightley in King Arthur
Oct. 24th, 2003 09:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amezriI'm the last one to hear about this, right? I must be.
Set for a December 2004 release, "King Arthur" is directed by Antoine Fuqua and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The focus of the film will be the history and politics of the period during which Arthur ruled as opposed to the mystical elements. The cast includes Clive Owen (King Arthur), Ioan Gruffudd (Lancelot), Keira Knightley (Guinevere), and Stephen Dillane (Merlin).
Slightly more info at EmpireMovies and FilmForce. Production stills of the movie can be found here, with images of Guinevere starting on page 5.
If I didn't have a girlcrush on Keira before, I do now....
Damsel in distress? I think not. She is going to kick so much ass in this film.
I love historical action films. Unless they star Russell Crowe. Then his acting causes me pain.
Set for a December 2004 release, "King Arthur" is directed by Antoine Fuqua and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The focus of the film will be the history and politics of the period during which Arthur ruled as opposed to the mystical elements. The cast includes Clive Owen (King Arthur), Ioan Gruffudd (Lancelot), Keira Knightley (Guinevere), and Stephen Dillane (Merlin).
Slightly more info at EmpireMovies and FilmForce. Production stills of the movie can be found here, with images of Guinevere starting on page 5.
If I didn't have a girlcrush on Keira before, I do now....
Damsel in distress? I think not. She is going to kick so much ass in this film.
I love historical action films. Unless they star Russell Crowe. Then his acting causes me pain.
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Date: 2003-10-24 06:40 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2003-10-24 07:27 pm (UTC)But daaamn she looks cool and kick-ass...
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Date: 2003-10-24 07:45 pm (UTC)Dude! Check out her weaponry! :D
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Date: 2003-10-24 10:21 pm (UTC)I know! The weapons... oh dear gods, like I need another movie where I wet myself over the armoury... *snicker*
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Date: 2003-10-24 09:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-24 10:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-24 10:25 pm (UTC)and frankly blue body paint=sexy... *smiles*
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Date: 2003-10-24 10:28 pm (UTC)Blue body paint looks v. sexy on Keira (have we found something yet that doesnt??) but less so on a less svelte figure, shall we say... ;)
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Date: 2003-10-24 06:47 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2003-10-26 07:23 am (UTC)And only partially because of the actors.
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Date: 2003-10-24 07:32 pm (UTC)When I first saw the pics a couple weeks ago, I thought she was Morgaine...
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Date: 2003-10-24 07:45 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2003-10-24 10:17 pm (UTC)Thanks for posting the links/pics, Mez, I hadn't heard about this one before either and now I'm all excited!! *is in awe of PaganWarriorKiera & wishes she could look as good wearing leather straps and woad...*
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Date: 2003-10-25 10:13 am (UTC)You could go by that...it's just that everything I've encountered (and I'll admit, it ain't much) of Arthurian Legend makes her to be the previous stereotype I mentioned. Granted, writers use the legend for their own purposes anyway, so we'll see. :)
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Date: 2003-10-24 08:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-24 09:48 pm (UTC)Doesnt mean Id want to piss her off though, or meet her alone in a dark ally. Aie.
also, the binding wouldnt hurt too much...(have had to have my chest bound tight before), and Im pretty tiny. You get used to it...feels odd afterwards though. O_o
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Date: 2003-10-25 06:22 am (UTC)in fact, i might also have a girl!crush on kiera knightley! she looks like a Pict! its fabulous!
however, serious other problems with this film...guenievere is NOT a warrior! she's a wimp! and an ardent catholic! and really whiny! and so many other BAD things!
but i will see it anyway, despite my intense dislike of guenievere (i can't spell it, sorry) because i <3 everything Arthurian, both history and legend...*shakes head* but that's really screwin' it up! *shakes fist*
however, tho' i've only seen pictures of him, i trust that everyone's opinions of clive owen and ioan gruffudd are true and they will play fabulously, and i HAVE seen (in fact, i own it *for shame!*) a film where guenievere is the warrior, and i have no doubt that kiera will also play that part fabulously, despite it being grossly inaccurate (according to the legend, of course, because in history arthur was no king...)
bah. my geek is showing.
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Date: 2003-10-25 08:28 am (UTC)You have?! What movie is that? I wanna see! :-D
Also, Clive Owen is the one reason I want to see "Beyond Borders"...
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Date: 2003-10-25 12:20 pm (UTC)(perhaps you see the reasons i bought it anyway? and it was only $4.99 in the discount dvd bin...)
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Date: 2003-10-25 11:07 am (UTC)Oh, and you didn't mention the pics of Lancelot. Ioan...guh! There's a new Hornblower miniseries on A&E in December and now this period movie. Much swoonage to be had. ;-)